A very nice article on Graf Zeppelin from Roy C. Nesbit can be found at Aeroplane's March 2007 issue.
a) In 1936, the keels of two carriers were laid down: Flugzeugtrager A (later Graf Zeppelin) and Flugzeugtrager B (latter Peter Strasser).
b) In addition, Grossadmiral Erich Raeder, put...
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Here's another one that's been bothering me.
Has anyone come across any pictures of this machine?
I know most of the facts about it and have seen a line drawing of it. It was captured by the West and was mostly complete. I'm kinda curious if anyone took pictures of it before it disappeared...
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Lippisch P 03 = Messerschmitt Me 263 was a high speed rocket plane projected in june 1941
It had nothing to do with the Me 263/Ju 248 built in 1944/45
Lippisch P 06 was a tailless training monoplace projected in november 1940 with a 450 hp motor
Hallo,
some Gotha projects:
P.35 twin engined transport aircraft,P.39 three engined transport aircraft,P.40
asymmetric transport aircraft and P.46 assault glider.
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Ok, in 1940 the war as just started or was about to start (for Italy and Japan) and things were going fairly well. In Germany and Italy airlines and governments started to plan for the expected post-war increase in air traffic, expecially on the Atlantic routes (sound familiar?).
Diffrently...
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This is the Zeppelin project for a long-rage, high capacity land-based airliner. Only data I have are: 4 engines, 2000 hp each (actually this could be, 4 double engines, i.e. two 2000 HP-each engines coupled); structure similar to ZSO 523; hatch in the nose; upper deck arranged with 1st class...
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Have you ever heard about the Zeppelin/SNCASO ZSO 523?
I´ve been trying to find info about it, but it was very hard, all I have is it was a big aircraft with six engines.
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Hi folks
Look at this big seaplane, in the photograph of Professor Edmund Rumpler with one of these big projects, the Riesenflugboote of 1925.
The second illustration is another german project, the Schiefer Flying Boat of 1926.
Third is the LFG V3A of 1921
The last ones you can find it in...
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Let´s break this topic with a two very interesting projects from profesor Junkers, both of them flying wings. The first one i found it in a websitre dedicated to junkers aircraft is the Junkers 1000 a colossus wich should be transport a lot of people, the design is from 1919, a very...
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